TalentHR vs HourSquare: a limited free plan against every module free for now

What TalentHR costs

TalentHR publishes its pricing. The free plan covers up to 10 users with no time limit and includes the employee database, onboarding, offboarding, time off, file management and the ATS with a careers page. Paid plans are Essential at USD 2 per user per month and Premium at USD 4, with annual billing saving 20% and a 14-day trial on Premium. Two conditions matter above 10 people: paid plans require a minimum of 15 users and change in increments of 5, so an 11-person team pays for 15; and time tracking, performance reviews and surveys are Premium-only, while e-signatures, Slack and the Safe Voice anonymous channel start at Essential. HourSquare is free for now with every module, with no seat minimum. At 11 people TalentHR bills 15 seats (USD 30 a month on Essential, USD 60 on Premium, before the annual discount).

Where TalentHR is stronger

• An applicant tracking system with a careers page on every plan, including free. HourSquare has no ATS; onboarding starts at the signed contract.
• 360 performance reviews and goals on Premium. HourSquare has no performance module.
• Native iOS and Android apps and a public API with Slack and TalentLMS integrations. HourSquare is a responsive web app with a phone layout and no native app, and its public API covers time clocks, employees and time entries, with no chat integrations.
• A multi-language portal, and a parent company (Epignosis) with a learning product if you want TalentLMS alongside.
• Reviewers rate ease of use 4.9 on Capterra.

Where HourSquare is stronger for a self-serve team

• Payroll: pay runs, payslips, payment and accountant exports, and tax packs for 24+ countries. TalentHR has no payroll product, and reviewers cite the missing integration.
• Timesheets with manager approval, shift schedules, surveys, pulse surveys and announcements for free; on TalentHR, time tracking, performance and surveys require Premium.
• No 15-seat minimum: HourSquare is free for now, so there is no seat count to buy.
• Documented security: per-company SSO with enforce mode, 2FA and passkeys, an audit log of sensitive-data reads and record changes, and EU hosting with GDPR-native export and deletion. TalentHR's security page states AWS hosting without a region and does not mention 2FA; its activity logs are described only on the parent company's page.
• Leave policies with accrual and balances and an ICS team calendar; reviewers note TalentHR's time off tracks only full or half days.

Moving from TalentHR

There is no automated migration between the two. Export your employee list, time-off records and files from TalentHR, sign up for HourSquare and configure the company yourself. Leave policies and onboarding templates are re-created. If TalentHR's ATS is part of your hiring process, keep a hiring tool: HourSquare does not include one. If you later leave HourSquare, you can export the employee list and reports as CSV or Excel, and each person's data, from the product.

How to decide

1. Count your team now and in a year. TalentHR is free up to 10 users. At 11 to 14 people TalentHR bills for 15 seats (USD 30 to 60 a month). HourSquare is free for now.
2. Decide whether you need payroll in the HRIS. TalentHR does not offer it.
3. Decide whether you need an ATS or performance reviews. HourSquare does not offer either.
4. Check which features you need on a free plan: TalentHR's free tier excludes time tracking, surveys and performance; HourSquare includes every module for free.
5. Check hosting and security requirements: EU hosting, 2FA and an audit log are documented on HourSquare; TalentHR states AWS without a region and does not mention 2FA.